Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Capital Santo Domingo
48,670 km² · 11,520,487 people (2025) · Dominican peso
Shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Pico Duarte at 3,098 m is the highest point in the Caribbean, and Lago Enriquillo, at about 40 m below sea level, is the lowest — both in the same country. The lake is saltier than the sea and holds American crocodiles.
The facts
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Area
- 48,670 km² — 18,792 sq mi
- Population
- 11,520,487 (2025)
- Density
- 236.7 people per km²
- Currency
- Dominican peso (DOP, $)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zone
- UTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +1
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- DO · DOM
- Continent
- North America
How it compares
- By area
- 129 of 200
- By population
- 85 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 51,100 | 5,152,950 |
| Slovakia | 49,035 | 5,413,813 |
| Dominican Republic ← | 48,670 | 11,520,487 |
| Estonia | 45,228 | 1,366,475 |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Dominican Republic?
- Santo Domingo
- What currency does Dominican Republic use?
- The Dominican peso (DOP).
- How big is Dominican Republic?
- 48,670 km², or 18,792 square miles — 129 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Dominican Republic drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)